Bartholomew-Johnson County IN Archives Biographies.....Oster, Andrew 1852 - 
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Author: B. F. Bowen (1904)

p. 177

REV. ANDREW OSTER.

   Rev. Andrew Oster, who is a well known priest of the diocese of Indianapolis,
was born in Alsace, France, on the 23d of February, 1852. It was his desire to
prepare for the ministry of the Roman Catholic church and he began the study of
the classics at the age of fourteen years under the direction of a private
teacher. When sixteen years of age he entered the College of Strasburg, where he
remained until he reached his majority, continually broadening his knowledge by
research and investigation. After his graduation in the institution there he
emigrated to the new world in 1873 and here entered the Seminary at St. Meinrad,
Spencer county, Indiana, where he spent one year. He next became a student in
the Theological Seminary at Indianapolis, Indiana, and, having thus prepared for
the holy calling, he was ordained to the priesthood in May, 1875.

   Rev. Oster was then appointed assistant priest at Evansville, Indiana, where
he remained for two years, after which he was transferred to the cathedral at
Vincennes, Indiana. He was then appointed priest of Cambridge City, Indiana, in
1881, and in 1885 he was appointed a priest of the Catholic church of Columbus,
Indiana, where he has now served for seventeen years. When he took charge of
this place the house of worship was located in Washington street. This was
afterward sold and a fine church on Syracuse street together with a parsonage
and school building have been erected and the church property is now valuable,
being rated at forty-three thousand dollars. All of this can be credited to the
untiring efforts of Rev. Oster. His duties also include the supervision of the
schools and the instruction is all given under his guidance. The church work is
well organized in its various departments and the influence of Catholicism in
Columbus has been widely felt, being a strong factor in the moral development of
the people of this city. Rev. Oster is most zealous and devoted in his work and
is untiring in his labors in behalf of the cause of Christianity. He is a
cultured gentleman of high literary attainments and scholarly tastes and has
been a factor for good in the progress of his people along such lines as well as
in the church work. People of other demoninations hold him in high regard, his
worth being widely acknowledged by all of the citizens of Columbus. He also has
charge of the Catholic church at Edinburg, Johnson county, ten miles from
Columbus, which charge he has held ever since coming to Columbus.


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BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY
INDIANA

INCLUDING BIOGRAPHIES OF THE GOVERNORS AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS OF INDIANA

ILLUSTRATED

1904

B. F. Bowen
PUBLISHER


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